Coffee or tea pot.



PATBNTED APR. 28,

E. WILKINSON. COFFEE 0R TEA POT.

APPLICATION I'IIJED BEI T. 18, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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ATENT FFICE.

ERNEST WILKINSON, OF IVASI-IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO 0.W. THOMPSON, OF-MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

COFFEE ORTEA'POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,810, dated April28, 1903.

Application filed September 18, 1902. Serial No. 123,941. (No model.)

novel features that will be hereinafter described and claimed.

r Referenceishadtotheaccompanyingdrawings, in which the same parts areindicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the pot. Fig. 2 is a planview of the pot with the top removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe detachable strainerused in the pot, and Fig. 4 is a section alongthe line 4: 4 of Fig. l.

A represents the body ofthe pot, having the usual spout A with theperforated portion A Along the inside of the pot aretwo parallelguide-ribs B, riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured to the body of thepot, as

atb. (See Fig. 4:.) Between these guide-ribs a long screen 0 slides.This screen is composed of a perforated plate 0, having beads c on itsedges, and a bottom plate D, which serves as a stiffener and also toprevent the 3 5 passage of solid particles beneath the strainer shouldit not be shoved down far enough.

To the top of the strainer is secured a combined cap-piece and handle E,which may be provided with indented portions 6 for greater 4oconvenience in lifting the same. The strainer is inserted by simplyshoving it down between the guide-ribs B and is raised by placingthefingers under the rear edge of the cap E. When the strainer is inplace in the pot, the 5 bottom plate D and the cap E will prevent thecoffee-grounds or tea-leaves from entering the passage A (see Fig. 1)from either the top or bottom of the strainer, and the perforated plate0 will furnish a Wide area for 'of the strainer and possibly leaking outof the top of the pot, as would happen if the cover' on the pot was removed or fell off if the pot is tilted too much.

It will be seen that the strainer may be taken out of the pot andthoroughly cleansed and the obstructions in the holes cleaned out whendesired.

It will be obvious that various modifications might be made in theherein-described invention which might be used without departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

I claim- In a coffee or tea pot, the combination with the main body ofthe pot, of a pair of parallel guides secured therein, and a curvedstrainer provided with beaded edges adapted to slide in said guides, thesaid strainer having a solid plate secured to the bottom of the samecurved to fit in the recesses between the body of the pot and thestrainer, and also a solid plate secured to the top of the strainerand-pro- 'jecting on both sides thereof, the front face being curved tofit in the recesses between the strainer and the body of the pot toprevent the escape of the liquid above the same on the inside of thestrainer, and a projection on the said plate on the oppositeside of thestrainer serving as a dam to prevent the over- 8 5 flow of theliquidthrough the top of the pot, and also a handle to facilitate thewithdrawal of the strainer when desired", the said rearward projectionbeing indented as shown, substantially as and for the purposes de- 0scribed. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. BLACKISTONE, FRED W. ENGLERT.

